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First Drafts
Over at Clarion’s Blog they’re writing about first drafts today. I thought that it was interesting that she basically says that her first draft is an info dump and her subsequent ones are where they all get whittled down. I work something like that, only I add to it first and then subtract. So, I thought I’d write about how I did my first drafts for the trilogy-turned-series when I first wrote them at the age of 12. Convention dictates that I should say that I start with an outline, my research, and/or character sketches. Unfortunately, I don’t. My life would be a LOT easier if I did. If you’re…
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Writing, Life, and Questions
A couple of things, dear readers… November has snuck up on me this year. Normally, I’m doing NaNoWriMo at this point. I haven’t missed one since college. However, I don’t know that I’ll do NaNo this year. I think taking my focus off of what I’m doing to write 50,000 words (which turns into whole other books I need to finish and edit) is really doing myself a disservice this year. I don’t need another book in my head. I need to finish the one that I’m editing now and get the darn thing sent off already. If, instead of doing NaNo, I focus on editing (rewrites, the bane of…
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On adding MacGuffins…
Here’s the thing about adding a MacGuffin when you’ve got the whole series written already: It’s really hard to add one in that will work for a seven book series and still give the reader satisfaction at the end of each book. I’ve come up with belts, bracelets, swords, necklaces, potion ingredients, and just about every other possible way to work it in. I think I’ve settled on a necklace…maybe… Creating another plot line this far in is kind of like banging your head against the wall and hoping it doesn’t crack. (The “it” actually being two things: the wall or your skull). If you add in something too complicated…
